Darryl Wright 🇨🇦 🎧 @darryl@qoto.org

I really don't like ReactJS. It might be the best we have but that's not great. It feels like stacks and stacks of hacks to compensate for poorly planned architecture decisions -- a lot like JavaScript really. #programmming #webdev #shotsfired

I once worked for a company that had a Hawaiian Shirt Day completely unironically, as though none of them had ever even seen Office Space.

#work
#culture

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-right-not-to-be-fun-at-work

"In a win for workplace dignity, a French high court recently decreed that businesses cannot force their employees to participate in supposedly enjoyable activities."

Power to the People?...

Because I have been strolling down memory lane into 90s #metal, this beautiful thing came up and I can think of no better representation of the era:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1158ckiB5S4cpsdYHDB9IF?si=8492a22dd2624451

I am putting together a large list of the best 90s #metal for a thing called #GenreJukebox. What should I definitely have on there?

#music
#AskMastodon

At the risk of sounding like an old person, I have observed that when we used to be in a physical room listening to a presentation from company execs or people in general, we tended to listen and not speak and then afterward we processed and discussed, maybe even collectively. We looked at what was said in retrospect, to the best of our memories, and decided on its merit. These days, online, we actively type, chat and heckle an ongoing presentation like school kids covertly passing notes in class. I don't think we listen or consider anything well because criticizing for social capital is paramount. The value for modern youth is in the criticizing of a perceived source of authority or power. Actually listening to the speaker or consciously considering their message, for better or for worse, is secondary, maybe even peripheral to the experience.

#discourse
#modernworldproblems
#youth
#communication
#business

"I will have a moment of clarity while I'm watching and be like, 'What am I doing?' Then I'll just continue to watch," said Oberman. "That's where we're at, technology and entertainment-wise."

This article on the phenomenon of TikTok #Sludge Content is the most depressing thing you'll read today.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sludge-content-1.6716185

Hello, Hive Mind. I was curious if anyone knows of a free / open alternative to JetBrains #gitlab Merge?

#programming
#webdev
#code

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/18689-gitlab-merge-requests/pricing#edition=commercial

Well now. It was good but let's not get ahead of ourselves. #gushing #thelastofus #tv

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/01/16/hbos-the-last-of-us-surpasses-even-sky-high-expectations/?sh=170aa2f846eb

"The orthodox tend to think only in terms of dueling orthodoxies, and if they’re sure you’re not a Yook, you must be a Zook. So it goes."

I feel seen.

https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/be-independent-no-not-like-that

2 grown men having an open conference call in a crowded cafe and they are pitching a business plan related to cataloguing people's experiences with Jesus. The guy on the screen, who probably doesn't know he's broadcasting out loud in a cafe, sounds as sceptical as he is patient. #badideas

Classy way to exit the space, Google.

https://chromeunboxed.com/stadia-says-farewell-with-a-beautiful-parting-gift-for-its-players/

That they're only giving this guy six months is an insult to women. #halifax
https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/dozens-of-women-secretly-recorded-by-employee-at-halifax-store-100814181/

Smashed the screen on my brand new Pixel phone today. :( RIP

It should be lost on noone that this fantastic presentation on one of the most important and advanced #AI topics that we're dealing with today, begins with the inability to get a slideshow to work.

We focus on the wrong things sometimes.

https://youtu.be/wuU-5rGPbyg